JUDGMENT :

(Prayer: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying to issue a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus seeking direction particularly in the nature of a writ calling for the records pertaining to the impugned G.O (Rt) No.138, Higher Education (11) Department, dated 11.11.2020 on the file of the 4th respondent and quash the same.)

1. The brief facts which gave rise to filing of the writ petition are stated hereunder:

(i) The petitioner herein was appointed as Vice Chancellor in the fifth respondent University and he took charge of the post in April 2018. According to the petitioner, his academic credentials were par excellence along with his experience, having studied and researched in most reputed institutions in the world and worked in various premier institutions, as Professor. According to him, in his subject of specialization he had the maximum citations, the highest in the country in the last 50 years. He is a highly dedicated professor and has been passionate to achieve excellence in the field of his expertise and work.

(ii) In view of his extraordinary standing and reputation in the academic world, he had been hand-picked for the prestigious post in